Improvement in washing-machines



,timeout @limi -lffim ANAN'IAS Z. YOUNG, OFfhlllllR'lY,- MISSISSIPPI.'-

Letters Patent No. 1-10,v885,;datedr.lanua.ry 10,1871.

-|MPRovsMENT IN wast-IINe-MAeHnmas.A

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Fatent and making pax-tof the same.

'To allwhom it may concern B'e it known that I, ANANIAS Z. YOUNG, of Lib-v erty, in the 'county of Amite and State otMississipp, .have invent-ed a new and usefulvlmprovem'ent in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a, full, clear, andexa'ct' description thereof, which will euable'others skilled in the vartto make and use thesame, reference beingy had to the accom-l panying drawing forming part, of this specification. y .'lhis invention relates to improvements n washinglnachines; and

It consists in a vertically-working dasherat one end Aot' a. rectangular' case and a horizontally-reciprocating dasher at the bottom,-arrangedin connection with a vibrating frame mounted horizontally over the case, so Athat the flashers will be worked against the clothes alternately in a way to shift or turn them while beating them in an elicient mannen-all as hereinafter described.

Fignre 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of [ny improved machine,and

parts. v

A visv the case or tub', preferably7 made in rectangular form, and considerably longer than it is wide.

B isa reciprocating flasher, arranged in the bottom of the case to work toward and from the end O, in the corner of whichl the clothes are 'to beplaced. Said flasher isconnected tofth lower end ofthe arm D, projecting downward from the working frame E, which Figure 2 is a transverse sectional elevation of the same. x

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding fied.

is pivoted to posts F rising'up from theend of the f case opposite to where the clothes are placed said arm is rigidly connected to the frame, and provided with braces G. A v

H is the verticallyrworking dasher, suspended from, trame E near end O. of the case, to beworke'd up and down when said frame'is vbrated', either by hand or by a crank-shaft, I, to which power may be applied in any. suitablelway it' preferred.

Y .lhe vibration of' this frame produces'an alternate action of the dashers on the clothes calculated to ,be` Y very eicieut 'in cleaning them, and the dasher B, beingshaped as shown at the operating end, is calculated to turn the clothes slowly, so -that they -will he 'acted onalike throughout.

. The. dasher H is attached to the frane so as tovbe adjusted higher or lower, as may bevrequired bythe quantity of clothes in hand, and the other one may also ybe adj ustably connected .to the arm D, if preferrel'll.

A spring is applied to thearm and so arranged with the case as to :throw it upvwhen let go.

Having thus descn'b'ed my invention,

I claimas newand' desire'to secure by Letters Pateut The flashers B and H, workingvframe E, and case A, all combined' and operatingsubstantially as speci- ANNIAS z.. YOUNG.A

i'tnesses y R. P. SMILEY, A.. S. GASTON. 

